--- title: "30 You Quotes By Mary Roach" description: "30 You quotes by Mary Roach. Plus more from Mary Roach and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/mary-roach-635_astronaut_i-didn-t-really-realize-that-writing-wou_243529.png" --- > [I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. Being an astronaut is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-didn-t-really-realize-that-writing-would-be-fun-and-people-would/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/mary-roach-635_astronaut_i-didn-t-really-realize-that-writing-wou_243529.png) > [If you get a colonoscopy, you should really insist they give you no drugs - then you do get to see what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/if-you-get-a-colonoscopy-you-should-really-insist-they-give-you-no/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/mary-roach-635_colonoscopy_if-you-get-a-colonoscopy-you-should-real_2373112.png) > [When someone tells me, 'Oh, we have so many problems on Earth; space exploration costs too much money,' I say, 'I absolutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/when-someone-tells-me-oh-we-have-so-many-problems-on-earth-space/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/mary-roach-635_absolutely_when-someone-tells-me-oh-we-have-so-many_3207091.png) > [Science is you! It's your head, it's your dog, it's your iPhone - it's the world. How do you see that as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/science-is-you-it-s-your-head-it-s-your-dog-it-s-your-iphone-it-s-the/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36b/mary-roach-635_because_science-is-you-it-s-your-head-it-s-your_672304.jpg) > [Fletcherizing is gross. I tried it once. I tried to go until it's all liquid, and it just creeps you out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/fletcherizing-is-gross-i-tried-it-once-i-tried-to-go-until-it-s-all/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/mary-roach-635_chewing_fletcherizing-is-gross-i-tried-it-once-i_675009.png) > [All of my books tend to be about things going on in labs that you wouldn't really expect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/all-of-my-books-tend-to-be-about-things-going-on-in-labs-that-you/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ed/mary-roach-635_about_all-of-my-books-tend-to-be-about-things_1470846.png) > [I have a nice little office, with a nice little window in it, but I do basically spend huge amounts of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-have-a-nice-little-office-with-a-nice-little-window-in-it-but-i-do/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/mary-roach-635_amount_i-have-a-nice-little-office-with-a-nice_1695006.png) > [I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-talk-to-a-lot-of-people-who-when-you-try-to-sum-them-up-in-a-couple/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/mary-roach-635_couple_i-talk-to-a-lot-of-people-who-when-you-t_2648953.png) > [Follow your instincts. Do the kind of writing you love to do and do best. 'Stiff' was an oddball book - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/follow-your-instincts-do-the-kind-of-writing-you-love-to-do-and-do/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/mary-roach-635_about_follow-your-instincts-do-the-kind-of-wri_2496293.png) > [I have not eaten a lot of insects. I ate a termite in Africa, but it was on a bet. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-have-not-eaten-a-lot-of-insects-i-ate-a-termite-in-africa-but-it/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/mary-roach-635_africa_i-have-not-eaten-a-lot-of-insects-i-ate_2168887.png) > [I don't know of many people who've done sex research with an eye toward people saying sex is bad for you, except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-don-t-know-of-many-people-who-ve-done-sex-research-with-an-eye/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c53/mary-roach-635_actually_i-don-t-know-of-many-people-who-ve-done_484674.png) > [For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/for-the-most-part-if-somebody-approaches-me-and-says-i-d-like-to/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/mary-roach-635_am_for-the-most-part-if-somebody-approaches_25016.png) > [When you buy my books, you kind of know what you're in for. It's kind of self-selecting. If you have a delicate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/when-you-buy-my-books-you-kind-of-know-what-you-re-in-for-it-s-kind/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/mary-roach-635_books_when-you-buy-my-books-you-kind-of-know-w_832391.png) > [Everybody is going to die, so people are enthralled by the possibility that they don't have to completely die, that there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/everybody-is-going-to-die-so-people-are-enthralled-by-the-possibility/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/mary-roach-635_afterwards_everybody-is-going-to-die-so-people-are_1876898.png) > [We exist in this weirdly schizo culture, where sex is everywhere in the media, and yet, at the same time, you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/we-exist-in-this-weirdly-schizo-culture-where-sex-is-everywhere-in/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/mary-roach-635_about_we-exist-in-this-weirdly-schizo-culture_976259.jpg) > [I love words, but I also love finding out that there is a word for something that you've experienced but didn't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-love-words-but-i-also-love-finding-out-that-there-is-a-word-for/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/mary-roach-635_also_i-love-words-but-i-also-love-finding-out_1810619.png) > [Spacewalking is a little like rock climbing in that everything, including and especially oneself, must be tethered or docked at all times.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/spacewalking-is-a-little-like-rock-climbing-in-that-everything/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/mary-roach-635_climbing_spacewalking-is-a-little-like-rock-climb_1443739.png) > [To keep your he-man jaw muscles from smashing your precious teeth, the only set you have, the body evolved an automated braking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/to-keep-your-he-man-jaw-muscles-from-smashing-your-precious-teeth-the/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/mary-roach-635_anything_to-keep-your-he-man-jaw-muscles-from-sma_885707.jpg) > [Weightlessness was unbelievable. It's physical euphoria: Nothing about you has any weight. You don't realize that you are weighed down all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/weightlessness-was-unbelievable-it-s-physical-euphoria-nothing-about/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/mary-roach-635_about_weightlessness-was-unbelievable-it-s-phy_2211215.png) > [Any time you can take a book a little beyond the realm of pure entertainment, I think it's a good thing. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/any-time-you-can-take-a-book-a-little-beyond-the-realm-of-pure/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/mary-roach-635_a-good-thing_any-time-you-can-take-a-book-a-little-be_2459584.png) > [People are surprisingly off put just by saliva, the substance that you carry around in your mouth. You swallow it. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/people-are-surprisingly-off-put-just-by-saliva-the-substance-that-you/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/mary-roach-635_around_people-are-surprisingly-off-put-just-by_788452.png) > [Dead people never seem to address the obvious - the things you'd think they'd be bursting to talk about, and the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/dead-people-never-seem-to-address-the-obvious-the-things-you-d-think/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/mary-roach-635_about_dead-people-never-seem-to-address-the-ob_1916801.jpg) > [Mushy food is a form of sensory deprivation. In the same way that a dark, silent room will eventually drive you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/mushy-food-is-a-form-of-sensory-deprivation-in-the-same-way-that-a/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/mary-roach-635_against_mushy-food-is-a-form-of-sensory-deprivat_1106018.png) > [Meteorite hunting is not for wimps. The best places to look are also the coldest and windiest. You need very old ice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/meteorite-hunting-is-not-for-wimps-the-best-places-to-look-are-also/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/mary-roach-635_also_meteorite-hunting-is-not-for-wimps-the-b_2830349.png) > [Chew on this: Human teeth can detect a grain of sand or grit 10 microns in diameter. A micron is 1/25,000 of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/chew-on-this-human-teeth-can-detect-a-grain-of-sand-or-grit-10/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/mary-roach-635_about_chew-on-this-human-teeth-can-detect-a-gr_462204.png) > [Saliva has antibacterial properties. It also has things called nerve growth factor, skin growth factor, histatins which help with wound closure. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/saliva-has-antibacterial-properties-it-also-has-things-called-nerve/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/mary-roach-635_also_saliva-has-antibacterial-properties-it-a_2260370.png) > [In terms of sustainability and what we eat and what its footprint is on the environment and the consequences of eating one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/in-terms-of-sustainability-and-what-we-eat-and-what-its-footprint-is/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/mary-roach-635_another_in-terms-of-sustainability-and-what-we-e_2537466.jpg) > [Eighty percent of flavor comes from your nose, including a set of internal nostrils. When you chew food and hold it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/eighty-percent-of-flavor-comes-from-your-nose-including-a-set-of/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/mary-roach-635_chew_eighty-percent-of-flavor-comes-from-your_475708.png) > [I had a bike accident a few years ago, and I went to the emergency room, and I had to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-had-a-bike-accident-a-few-years-ago-and-i-went-to-the-emergency/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/mary-roach-635_accident_i-had-a-bike-accident-a-few-years-ago-an_752752.png) > [It seems odd to think of tasting without any perceptive experience, but you are doing it right now. Humans have taste receptor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/it-seems-odd-to-think-of-tasting-without-any-perceptive-experience/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7e/mary-roach-635_any_it-seems-odd-to-think-of-tasting-without_170768.jpg) ## Other authors on You ## More by Mary Roach > [“Rawson points out that although snakes can’t taste, they have a primitive sense of smell. They’ll extend their tongue to gather volatile molecules and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/rawson-points-out-that-although-snakes-can-t-taste-they-have-a/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“As the number of Inuit who hunt has dwindled, so has the consumption of organs (and other anatomy not available for purchase at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/as-the-number-of-inuit-who-hunt-has-dwindled-so-has-the-consumption/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/for-the-most-part-if-somebody-approaches-me-and-says-i-d-like-to/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [To me, death is dark, pain, grief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/to-me-death-is-dark-pain-grief/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“If you look at survivable crashes, it’s rare that even half the emergency exits open,” says Shanahan. “Plus, there’s a lot of panic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/if-you-look-at-survivable-crashes-it-s-rare-that-even-half-the/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“…he was doing a breath hydrogen test. If you know the amount of hydrogen someone is exhaling orally, it's a simple matter to extrapolate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/he-was-doing-a-breath-hydrogen-test-if-you-know-the-amount-of/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“Viagra isn't the only drug being prescribed off-label for women with arousal problems. Los Angeles urologist Jennifer Berman told me some doctors are prescribing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/viagra-isn-t-the-only-drug-being-prescribed-off-label-for-women-with/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [Sharing a room with a cadaver is only mildly different from being in a room alone. They are the same sort of company as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/sharing-a-room-with-a-cadaver-is-only-mildly-different-from-being-in/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never believe them because:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/every-now-and-then-someone-will-tell-me-that-one-of-my-books-has-made/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“panel applicants at the initial screening were asked not only to describe the cat foods but also to rate them according to how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/panel-applicants-at-the-initial-screening-were-asked-not-only-to/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“\* Kissing is a less aggressive form of bacterial transplant. Studies of three different gingivitis-causing bacteria have documented migration from spouse to spouse. Periodontically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/kissing-is-a-less-aggressive-form-of-bacterial-transplant-studies-of/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“Nirlungayuk reached a similar conclusion. I tracked him down, seventeen years later, and asked him what the outcome of his country-foods campaign had been.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/nirlungayuk-reached-a-similar-conclusion-i-tracked-him-down-seventeen/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/astronauts-are-like-these-mythic-legends-but-really-they-are-just/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“Olive trees grow in the same climate and soil conditions as grapes. The olive oil people have been up in Napa Valley all along,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/olive-trees-grow-in-the-same-climate-and-soil-conditions-as-grapes/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“A patient on the way to surgery travels at twice the speed of a patient on the way to the morgue. Gurneys that ferry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/a-patient-on-the-way-to-surgery-travels-at-twice-the-speed-of-a/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/mary-roach/#itemlist", "name": "30 You Quotes By Mary Roach", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. 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